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As a person living in one of the now 9 states with legalized recreational weed, this is actually kind of a thing. But in the end, growing weed is just ag, distribution is just distribution, and retailing really isn't much different so aside from the barriers to entry on the regulatory side it's too easy for competitors to move in. Definitely a lot of money to be made but not a gold rush.

I can see the similarity but I think that fundamentally those were different circumstances. That was a team with vastly more athleticism playing down to the level of the competition. They didn't even show up for that first half against UCLA in the round of 32 I think it was. Lack of intensity is a bit easier to turn on. Whereas this team is prone to cold shooting streaks. Anything can happen in one game, but I don't know that you can step up your perimeter shooting TAMU levels, which may be what is required to win, in the same way the 93 team was able to up their game.

TT and KU for sure. Won't happen though. I could stomach a loss to Villanova in the NCG better than another one to Duke, even though I think Villanova is probably the best team and thus a tougher opponent. Although that's probably offset by matchup issues against Duke. So I guess in summary, Fuck Duke!

I don't know if I would say Izzo is fine. Even if you think his accountability for this scandal won't get him fired (not sure I agree but that's been discussed in depth elsewhere), he is about to have a gigantic comprehensive high profile investigation into the program. An investigation backed by law enforcement/subpoena powers. While Izzo isn't particularly dirty by most accounts, the nature of college basketball recruiting puts him on very shaky ground.

I dunno about that. Briles couldn't even get a job as a CFL assistant without an uproar.

They are both in their 60s as Dantonio is only a year younger than Izzo. Neither is young enough to go through the requisite cooling off period and lower level job success necessary to get another high level job.

Decent chance they could get NFL/NBA assistant jobs but given their age, past career success, and lifetime earnings that probably doesn't have much appeal.

I dunno about that. You're right about playing time for next year, but in terms of overall roster construction and opportunity cost we would not be taking a flier on a fifth year guy at a position that isn't a huge depth need if we had other great options to get tot 85 with freshmen that we truly wanted long-term. We mostly missed on those guys.

Hard to say. I've heard the same thing in regards to Denver which anyone who has walked 16th Street lately can attest too. But it's hard to seperate out some of the other factors that play into homelessness like the increasing lack of affordable housing for LMI individuals and the opiod crisis.

Personally, I think it is a net positive. Weed was available before and there hasn't been substantial increase in consumption. Tax revenue is generated. I'd rather people pay a licensed business operating in compliance with our state regulations rather than support street criminals who will ultimately funnel those profits back to the extraordinarily violent and destructive cartels.

But they have good players across the board. Their freshman are playing because usually they are really good (5 star talent galore) and those guys beat out solid experienced players to see the field. Some of our young guys have played because there is no other solid option. I mean, pretty clearly Harbaugh did not want to play Peters at that point and resisted until he had no choice with Speight's injury and O'Korn's struggles. DPJ needed some grooming but had to play because our experienced wideouts are so thin. Ruiz would probably have redshirted at AL or OSU because he was a functional piece, but only that at this point (which is still pretty good for a 1st year OL). Without taking a stance on Metellus's play, his competition was a true freshman and a walk-on so he basically had to play. We need better depth of talent and competition.

It's 2018 and he's not even practicing for an injury that occured in 2016. Best of luck to him on his recovery and maybe he can make it back to at least play again but hard to see how he's a starter ever again.

Petit-Frere, Friday and Reese would certainly be a very good end to the class. That said, we're 14th now in the rankings and that includes Reese who may well bail. Plus we aren't in on many other players at this point so this may be more of a top 20 rather than a top 10 class once it all shakes out. It's thin on top talent, I wouldn't call it excellent but it can be a solid class.

Could see Furbush getting the firm handshake, or jetting of his own accord. Normally a contributer who plays doesn't get that treatment but there is a ton of young LB talent underneath and if some of those redshirts or younger guys project to pass him by autumn then it wouldn't be suprising if he is out.

I know JBB is...well, yeah. But he was still at least enough in the mix to start this year. Given the paucity of proven OTs it seems like the one spot where you least want to kick someone to the curb is the position where you are most desperate for any serviceable solution. I mean I get what you're saying, but he's probably still at least in the two deep as one of our 4 best OTs with Cole gone.

Seems pretty optimistic but I'm admittedly a pessimist. To me, you're taking a 5 loss team and swapping out a game against an atrocious Florida team with a road game @Notre Dame and swap out @Purdue for @NW. You get PSU and WI at home but have OSU and MSU on the road. This is still a young roster with a new QB (maybe) and coaching staff turnover that may wind up being half the staff. I expect we'll be a significantly better team but we've got a lot of improvement to do to be a CFP contender. So much depends on Patterson obviously who is new to the program and isn't even officially eligible yet. Then, even if you have no upsets, and you assume Nebraska still sucks and we beat them, you still have to win 6 out of 7 out of @ND, WI, PSU, @MSU, @NW, @OSU and a probable rematch with WI in B1G championship to come up with the 1 loss record and conference championship that is usually necessary to get to the CFP. Yep, it could happen but that's an extremely favorable outcome. Also probably necessitates winning in Columbus since a loss to them makes any tiebreaker path pretty challenging.

And even then, are we talking about just making the CFP and being MSU 2015 CFP good, or Washington/OSU 2016 good, or are we talking about being able to beat Alabama? Because those are two different levels of quality.

You're setting yourself up for disappointment. The offense next year may be something like solid or respectable or top 30. But there is no way the dysfunctional offense we saw on Monday loses Cole and in one offseason becomes "pumping on all cylinders" at the start of the 2018 season. Especially given the virtual certainty of a first year new offensive staff. And what is still a relatively young roster on both sides of the ball with basically 2 to 4 seniors on offense. It'll get fixed but it's highly unlikely to happen that fast.

I know people are really fucking tired of kicking the can down the road but the roster plus the schedules do point towards 2019 as the year when pumping on all cylinders may happen.

On paper it might make sense but it's just not a good idea. Having Hoke as a coach would be like being friends with your ex-, or trying to move back to your hometown where you grew up. Thomas Wolfe was right.

Also, there's the whole Morris/player safety thing which is also a disqualifer.

Yep, pretty sure about that. If you want to re-visit RR, start with about 87 defensive issues, Greg Robinson, recruiting, culture etc. Lack of appreciation for rivalries wasnt the issue. His 15-22 record and shitty football was.

The problem is that we needed more David Long (CA), Rashan Gary (NJ), Jabrill Peppers (NJ), Mo Hurst (MA) guys and fewer Reon Dawson (Ohio), Jaron Dukes (Ohio), AJ Williams (Ohio), Allen Gant (OH), Kaleb Ringer (OH) types over the last dozen years. It's not a rivalry problem, it's a mediocre football problem. I'll take great players no matter where they come from as our best strategy for winning more of those games in the future.

If we were going 10-2 every year and losing to OSU and MSU your argument would have more merit but we all know the last decade was characterized by a lot of meh football at Michigan. The rivalry games have minimal impact on the overall season's record for each program. MSU has won 10 games 6 of the last 8 years because they are a good program under Dantonio. OSU has won 11 games in each of the Meyer years because they are a top 5 national program. We haven't been.

Again, we don't have a problem with rivalry games; we have a problem that our rivals are better at football than we are for the last decade. Correlation is not causation and the Ohio recruiting situation is as much an effect of OSU surpassing us on the field as it is a cause of our problems. Do you think it is by coincidence that our shitty decade coincides with Ohio hiring two very good (but sketchy obviously) coaches in Tressell and Meyer, MSU having Dantonio while we hired RichRod and Brady Hoke plus had the late Carr recruiting malaise for the 2005-2007 classes? Ohio kids are fine and we've had plenty of great ones but there is nothing magical about them. We just need to be better at football and the rivalry stuff will sort itself out.